Anthony Field studied the guitar at the Canberra School of Music with Tim Kain completing a Bachelor of Music with First Class Honours and receiving the award for the ‘Most Outstanding Graduate for 1995’ and winning the Canberra School of Music Chamber Music Competition twice. Anthony has also participated in masterclasses with Manuel Barrueco, John Williams, Leo Brouwer, Gordon Crosskey, Stepan Rak David Starobin and others.
In 1996 Anthony studied in England with the aid of a Big Brother Scholarship and following this was appointed to manage the guitar departments of Canberra’s top two private schools (Canberra Church of England Boys and Girls Grammar Schools) where he established and conducted Canberra’s only guitar orchestra.
Anthony has won consecutive prizes in the Shell Darwin International Guitar Competition as well as other national competitions. This lead to his first solo CD (nominated for an ARIA award) released with Sonart (formerly Festival/Walsingham) in 1997 which is regularly played on ABC Classic FM and since its international release it has been played on BBC Classic FM in the UK. Anthony regularly tours Australia and has played in most major guitar festivals in Australia as well being invited to play in Scotland, Slovakia, Germany, the Czech Republic, USA and Canada. In 1998 Anthony was appointed Head of Guitar at the Victorian College of the Arts and Lecturer in Guitar at the University of Melbourne Faculty of Music. |
